Chapter 3 - Ancient Egyptian Art
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| the study of ancient Egypt and Egyptian antiquitie, as well as its geography | ||
| a mythological Egyptian beast with a lion body and a human head | ||
| a stone slab with a circular depression used for preparing makeup | ||
| "city of the dead"a large burial area or cemetary | ||
| vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross-section, and used principally on columns and pilasters | ||
| the linen headdress worn by the pharaoh | ||
| decorated, glazed earthenware | ||
| the title of the ancient Egyptian kings | ||
| a system of writing using symbols or pictures | ||
| an ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft, an egaged column is a half column attached to a wall | ||
| a verticle, weight-carrying archtectural member, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base, shaft, and capitals | ||
| the uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel | ||
| the royal cobra found on the nemes | ||
| a rule of proportions | ||
| a hall with roof supported by columns | ||
| gold beaten into an extremely thin sheet used for gilding | ||
| a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb | ||
| shows all important parts, represents what is know to be true of the subject | ||
| how something would actually stand in space, a random view of it |